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5,137–5,184 of 14,262 films, free to watch, from the world's open archives.
Where these films come from, and who sees what
Every film here plays from the archive that keeps it: the Internet Archive, Wikimedia Commons, the NASA Image and Video Library, the Library of Congress and Open Images (the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision). Nothing is copied to this site. Each film's page names its archive, links to its page there, and states its licence or status as the archive does.
Archive films carry no age ratings, so each is placed from the collections it sits in and the subjects the archive gives it, cautiously. Sexual content and nudity are left out altogether.
| Little Ones | Films for young children by name: nursery rhymes, lullabies, preschool. |
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| Kids | Cartoons and animation, children's and family films, and educational films, unless they deal with war, propaganda, crime, horror or drugs, or carry racial caricature. |
| Tweens | Documentaries, science, nature and space, classic comedies, newsreels, commercials and lectures. |
| Teens | Everything else, including anything we cannot tell about; war, crime, horror and westerns go no lower. |
| Adult | Sexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, atrocity footage. |
Internet Archive
The Lone Avenger
Title: The Lone Avenger Summary: A prominent banker commits suicide. His son thinks otherwise and sets out to prove it. Directed by: Alan James Actors: Ken…
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April Maze
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Sporting Love (1936 Hammer film)
A British early Hammer Studio film, a comedy involving horseracing, marriage, debts. Made from a filmstrip.
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Trip to the Yellowstone
Reel #1 of the Kelly family's (Mattie, Oliver, Mabel and Wallace) 1937 trip west, including Dust Bowl scenes, the construction of Mt. Rushmore and Native…
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Dewenter Home Movies: Europe 1939
Henry John Dewenter was born in Peckelsheim, Germany in 1884. Elizabeth Auer was born in Austria in 1889. Both immigrated to the US in 1907. They were married…
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" NEWS PARADE OF THE YEAR 1940 " CASTLE NEWSREEL THIRD TERM FOR F.D.R. WWII IN EUROPE (SOUND VERSION) XD6551
“News Parade of the Year 1940” (sound version) is a black-and-white newsreel film that showcases news events for the year 1940. Made by Castle Films, segments…
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TELEPHONE MEMORIES (Reel 1 of 2)
National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 89089 / Local Identifier BTL-BTL-188 - TELEPHONE MEMORIES (Reel 1 of 2) - Bell Telephone…
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From Pod to Palate
Promotional film showing how Monarch Foods, owned by Reid, Murdoch & Co., brings fruits and vegetables to the American consumer. The film centers on…
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Good Morning, Boys
Benjamin Twist {Will Hay} is a different kind of schoolteacher, he teaches the pupils very little of worth. That is except gambling and bluffing a way thru…
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Work Pays America
FDR Presidential Library Video 353 Work Pays America Producer: Works Progress Administration Overview of WPA public works projects.
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Csak egy kislány van a világon
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The Booze Hangs High
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How the Berlin Worker Lives
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It's a Bird
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The Introduction of Mrs. Gibbs
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All Nations Shaken By War
Universal Newsreel Video 19 All Nations Shaken By War From the Pare Lorentz Center at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. Washington,…
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Lábios Sem beijos
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KNOW YOUR MONEY
National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 13214 / Local Identifier 87.1 - KNOW YOUR MONEY - Department of the Treasury. U.S. Secret…
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Chudá holka
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BILDER VOM EINSATZ DER LUFTWAFFE IM POLENFELDZUR (Reel 2 of 2)
National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 44358, LI 242-MID-6132 - BILDER VOM EINSATZ DER LUFTWAFFE IM POLENFELDZUR (Reel 2 of 2) - DVD Copied by…
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1935 Metall Des Himmels ( Filmdokument Zur Stahlindustrie)
Film(Filmdokument) aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1935. Metall des Himmels
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The Spanish Earth (Reel 2 of 6)
National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 5717241, LI 226-G-6398 - The Spanish Earth (Reel 2 of 6) - DVD Copied by Ann Galloway. Joint Chiefs of…
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6359_HM_First_Pictures_Zoo_Poney_sic_Express_Museum_Shower_33139__02_39_43_08
Blonde woman leaving house, mugging at camera Exiting automobile 2 women in bungalow court, Los Angeles-type (possibly Latino family?) Mother and son, or…
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Fire Bugs
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Getting a Ticket
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The Happy Hottentots
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[Home Movies: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 6)
03:00:52:29 - 03:56:47:22 World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40; Home movies- amateur films. Can marked: "Amusement #1" Excellent color footage of pavilions,…
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Dawn Strikes at the Capitol Dome
FDR Presidential Library Video 352 Dawn Strikes at the Capitol Dome Dawn Strikes the Capitol Dome, released in 1936. Produced by the Works Progress…
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The Raven (1935)
The Raven is a 1935 American horror film directed by Louis Friedlander and starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. It follows Dr. Richard Vollin, a…
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Compliments of the Season
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Noche de duendes
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Charlie Chaplin as a lifeguard
We do not know if this is the proper title but it is a scene from Charlie Chaplin that he is trying to save some people out of the water. Very funny because a…
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Borrowed Wives
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The Limejuice Mystery or Who Spat in Grandfather's Porridge?
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We Work Again
FDR Presidential Library Video 352 We Work Again From IMDB. In the 1930s, the economic depression has been especially hard on African-American families and…
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Henry Santry and His Soldiers of Fortune
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Warawara
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Keep Them Safe, Keep Them Happy
A 1939 British theatrical advertisement for a charity project to raise money for a Christmas treat for evacuated children.
Internet Archive
CAPTAIN BARTLETT'S PRE-WAR FILM OF THE ORIENT
National Archives and Records Administration CAPTAIN BARTLETT'S PRE-WAR FILM OF THE ORIENT Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. Naval Photographic…
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Ketcham Home Movies: Europe 1937-8, Mexico and the West 1939
Ketcham family trip to England and France, 1937-1938, and road trip from Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania to Mexico, 1939. Rodney K. Ketcham Collection: This large…
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THE AMERICAN INDIAN; CHILD LIFE
National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 94817 / Local Identifier H-HF-25 - THE AMERICAN INDIAN; CHILD LIFE - Harmon Foundation.…
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The Spanish Earth (Reel 5 of 6)
National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 5717241, LI 226-G-6398 - The Spanish Earth (Reel 5 of 6) - DVD Copied by Ann Galloway. Joint Chiefs of…
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FDR 1932 Campaign and Election
FDR Presidential Library Video 277 FDR 1932 Campaign and Election Fox Movietone Newsreel FDR 1932 Campaign and Election with sound FDR in Boston and then in…
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Ray Garner: Bellmore Boat To Africa
Ray and Virginia Garner celebrated their 1938 wedding with a trip to Africa, sailing from Bellmore, Long Island. Some or all of the sea footage in this film…
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Grand Uproar
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Hungarian Rhapsody
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Maria do Mar
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The Spanish Earth (Reel 3 of 6)
National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 5717241, LI 226-G-6398 - The Spanish Earth (Reel 3 of 6) - DVD Copied by Ann Galloway. Joint Chiefs of…